Thursday, 13 December 2012

When chatting on benefits forums and threads, how many times
have you heard people say ‘there’s someone up the road from me claiming all s/he
can …s/he’s a money-grabbing skiver and knows how to get all s/he can out of the
system’? Or words to that effect.

It struck me as odd how people always knew ‘somebody up the
road’ who was ‘scamming the system’ because of course, they’re really going to
pour out their personal health problems to their sworn enemies, aren’t they?Private and intimate health matters are
exactly that – so how come these ‘nosey-parkers’ know so much about someone
else’s private and intimate health conditions and what they’re claiming?

It’s simple.These are people you presume are your friends, why else
would you confide in them?Maybe
they’re your neighbours who you stop and chat with and ask each other how
you’re doing.Maybe you let slip a
few personal details because they’re neighbours, aren’t they?You think they’re interested in your
health and how you’re doing but really you have to be on guard against these
people because what they’re really doing is gleaning the facts from you.They’re gathering information from you
so they can pass judgement on what little amount of information you’ve
volunteered.Maybe you confided in
them about your depression or your fibromyalgia and the fact that you’re
getting DLA. Maybe they’re seeing you on
a good day if you’re out and about and they naturally think you’re faking
it.Oh they won’t pass judgment to
your face – that would give the game away, surely – no, these are the types who
spatter it all over public forums and the like.

So the moral of this blog is – don’t confide your personal details to
passing acquaintances or anyone you don’t trust one hundred per cent.It’s none of their business. They’re
not doctors, they don’t know your medical history and why would you tell
them?Even your closest family
members and friends may not be privy to this information so don’t give these
snoopers ammunition to use it – most likely wrongly – against you.